Monthly Teaching Schedule

Lectures for the MICU team members are held from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in the MICU conference room. Topics to be covered include:

Mechanical ventilation

Hemodynamic embarrassment

Sepsis

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Liberation from mechanical ventilation

Nephrology critical care

Hepatology critical care

Non-invasive mask ventilation

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Acid-base disturbances

Brain death

Lectures for the Pulmonary Consult team members are held from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. each Monday and Friday, and 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday in the MICU conference room. Topics to be covered include:

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cough

Cystic fibrosis

Interstitial lung diseases

Lung cancer

Mycobacterial disease

Pulmonary function testing

Pulmonary hypertension

Sarcoidosis

Sleep medicine

Thromboembolic disease

Radiology conference with Dr. Patrick Fahey , Chairman of the Department of Medicine, is held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday in the MICU conference room.

Pulmonary Grand Rounds is held from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. every Monday in Stritch School of Medicine room 460.